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ofTrustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,clectronic or mechanical,including photocopying and recording,or in any information storage or retrieval system without the priorwritten permission of Stanford University Press.  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free,archival-quality paper  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames:Kishik,David,author.  \nTitle:The Book of Shem:on Genesis before Abraham/David Kishik.  \n(To imagine a form of life,IV)  \nDescription:Stanford,California:Stanford Universitry Press,2018.|  \nIncludes index.  \nIdentifiers:LCCN 2018009496(print)|LCCN 2018012063(ebook)|  \nISBN 9781s03606760(cloth:alk.paper)|ISBN 9781503607347(pbk.:alk.paper)|  \nISBN9781503607354(cbook)  \nSubjects:LCSH:Bible.Genesis,I-XI—Criticism,interpretation,ctc.|Philosophical cheology.  \nClassification:LCC BS1235.52(ebook)|LCC BSI235.52.Ks72018(print)|DDC222/.1106—dc23  \nLC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018009496  \nCover design:Rob Ehle  \nCover background:from cardboard back panel of Ergebnise der Südsee-Expedition r908-1910,Vol.2  \nPaul Hambruch,via Wikimedia Commons  \nBook design:Bruce Lundquist  \nTypeset at Stanford University Press in 9/14 Adobe Garamond  \nDAY ZEROREREADING On Textual Proliferation  \nI  \nDAY ONEBERESHITOn Genesis I:I-2:47  \nDAY TWOBARELYOn Genesis 2:5-3:2423  \nDAY THREEABELISMOn Genesis 4:I-6:839  \nDAY FOURBIOCIDEOn Genesis 6:9-7:2455  \nDAY FIVEBLOODOn Genesis 8:I-9:1771  \nDAY SIXBABBLEOn Genesis 9:18-II:3285  \nDAY SEVENSABBATHOn the Rest of the World99  \n# THE BOOK OF SHEM","cbCaij6KUUSwKKl8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij6KUUSwKKl8","pdf",3563125,140,"English","# Day Zero - Rereading\n## On Textual Proliferation\n# Day One - Bereshit\n## On Genesis 1:1-2:4\n# Day Two - Barely\n## On Genesis 2:5-3:24\n# Day Three - Abelism\n## On Genesis 4:1-6:8\n# Day Four - 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